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January 17, 2018

Rice variety are tasty and filling. They are ideal to use as a single dish or pair it with other variety of dishes. Pulao is one of the dishes that I make quite often, it’s loved by all and its easy for me to prepare. Green pulao, I have been making this since sometime, it make a good one pot meal.

Green pulao has the combination of mint and coriander along with other spices. I usually serve with onion raita (onion in yoghurt), but it can be paired with cucumber and onion raita too. A gravy based dish will also be ideal for a good meal.

green pulao

Lets get cooking Green Pulao

Ingredients:

1 cup basmati rice

15 french beans

1 capsicum

1 cup green peas

To be ground to a paste:

2 green chilly

1/2 bunch coriander

15 mint leaves

3 cloves garlic

1 inch ginger

1 onion

Other ingredients:

2 tablespoon oil and ghee

1/2 inch cinnamon

2 cardamom

3 cloves

1 bay leaf

1/4 teaspoon shahjeera

salt to taste

Method:

Wash the vegetables and cut them.

Wash the rice and keep it aside for ten minutes.

Grind all the ingredients under the section “To be ground to a paste”

Heat oil and ghee mixture in a par, add spices, let splutter, then add the ground paste, saute for sometime.

Put beans to it. Then add peas and later add capsicum. Saute for two minutes.

Put the soaked rice to it. Saute it lightly for two minutes.

Now, add water and salt. Give a stir, close the lid and cook it for one whistle.

To be ground to a paste

Other ingredients

Instructions

Wash the rice and keep it aside.

Cut the vegetables and keep them ready.

Grind the ingredients under the section,"To be ground to a paste"

Take oil and ghee mixture in a pressure pan, add caraway seeds, as it sizzles, put cinnamon stick, cardamom and cloves to it. Give a stir and after thirty seconds, put the ground paste. Saute for sometime.

Now, add beans to it. After two minutes, put peas and then capsicum to it. Saute for sometime, add the washed rice to it. Saute slowly for sometime.

Add water and salt to it. Give a stir, close the lid and let cook for one whistle.

Allow the pressure to release by itself. Gently mix with a ladle. Serve hot with onion raita.

Recipe Notes

Quantity of water depends on the rice. I usually add two cups of water for one cup of rice.

I do not soak the rice in water. I wash the rice, drain the water and keep it aside, this gives me good results.